Comments on: Carrie Underwood, “Home Sweet Home”http://www.countryuniverse.net/2009/03/15/carrie-underwood-home-sweet-home/
Est. 2004Wed, 16 Aug 2017 20:48:47 +0000hourly1https://wordpress.org/?v=4.8.1By: Lalabeehttp://www.countryuniverse.net/2009/03/15/carrie-underwood-home-sweet-home/#comment-392227
Wed, 15 Jun 2011 06:40:16 +0000http://www.countryuniverse.net/?p=8720#comment-392227I came seeking who was it that was singing a cover of one of my favorite songs of all time, I am a die-hard Motley Crue fan and have been since before my parents would even let me listen to ‘Heavy Metal’.
I heard it playing in the grocery store and it made me actually very happy that a song SO loved by so many was now being introduced or re-introduced to a generation of people and through a more ‘radio friendly’ genre. It pays respect to the original, I feel, in a much better way than the remake of Sweet Child O’Mine by Sheryl Crow.
Kudos to Underwood! Though I don’t listen to country music (except for good old stuff I grew up listening to) I respect you for your respect of a different genre and something likely before your time as well;)
Thank you again and I would listen to other music you put out because of this.
I respect you as an artist.
And to the Author of this review – very good refernce to Ronstadt, hit the nail on the head my friend.
Cheers!
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Sat, 12 Feb 2011 17:53:57 +0000http://www.countryuniverse.net/?p=8720#comment-281232I am impressed with this website , very I am a fan .
]]>By: Steve from Bostonhttp://www.countryuniverse.net/2009/03/15/carrie-underwood-home-sweet-home/#comment-55601
Mon, 23 Mar 2009 06:31:18 +0000http://www.countryuniverse.net/?p=8720#comment-55601That’s the phrase Dan, “artistic identity”. And despite all the other benefits of reality shows like Idol, artistic identity is not some trophy that can be bestowed on the winner. If you don’t have it going in, you won’t get it going out…But I think it is something that can be developed over time, pre or post Idol.
]]>By: Dan Millikenhttp://www.countryuniverse.net/2009/03/15/carrie-underwood-home-sweet-home/#comment-55596
Mon, 23 Mar 2009 05:58:14 +0000http://www.countryuniverse.net/?p=8720#comment-55596I see where Steve is coming from. I think American Idol is definitely dues-paying in its own way, but it’s best-suited to performers who have already played around and gotten a sense of who they are as artists, particularly if the performer doesn’t write his/her own music. Playing in bars as a country singer means lots of covers; you have to learn all sorts of country songs. American Idol is inherently about mass-appeal material; it’s not where you go to develop an artistic identity.
]]>By: Steve from Bostonhttp://www.countryuniverse.net/2009/03/15/carrie-underwood-home-sweet-home/#comment-55583
Mon, 23 Mar 2009 05:01:48 +0000http://www.countryuniverse.net/?p=8720#comment-55583Regarding the dues paying debate, I just would like to interject on the side of those who argue the the Idol experience is in fact dues paying, but not equivelent dues paying to coming up the traditional way.

Without singling out Carrie, (who, thanks to VP and JHD, I have learned brings previous Country experience to AI,) I have to say that there is a huge advantage that comes with even finishing in the top 10 of AI, in that there is a ready made fan base of millions of fans ready to follow their favorites into whatever genre they select. And these legions of fans vote online and via text in many popularity polls, but more importantly, they vote with their spending money. They contribute to album sales in numbers far too large for awards orginizations and program directors to ignore.

Yeah, AI competition is grueling, no doubt, and the odds are stacked against any one contestant finishing in the finals, but the rewards for doing so are usually far greater and more immediate than for those who have come up singing in clubs and coffehouses,etc…

Also, going the AI way there is no guarentee of a strong connection with the roots ahd traditons of their chosen genre…anyone with a great voice and the will to work hard and compete could conceivably, even at the last minute, select what type of music they untimately end up in. And this even happens sometimes on the advice of the judges. One could become a “last minute” country singer by going this route.

Conversly, someone who wants to sing Country, and comes up playing the roadhouses and honky tonks is virtually gauranteed a Country music education based on experience, and consequently a deep connection to the roots and heritage of the genre. This hard earned connection is not easily duplicated by comptetion in any reality show, and is therefore of far greater artistic value and significance.

I guess I would sum it up by saying that shows like AI are great experience for performing, and for instilling the discipline needed for the hard work of a career as a recording artist, but it is not (in itself) adequate for immersion into the heritage and traditons for a given genre. It takes more than participation in one “Country week” to become a real Country singer.

]]>By: Chris Rhttp://www.countryuniverse.net/2009/03/15/carrie-underwood-home-sweet-home/#comment-55305
Sun, 22 Mar 2009 02:51:53 +0000http://www.countryuniverse.net/?p=8720#comment-55305I disagree with Kevin about Carria not being a rock singer. Her cover of Paradise City on youtube is amazing! She does GnR better than anyone. I would love to see her record a live album with covers.
]]>By: vphttp://www.countryuniverse.net/2009/03/15/carrie-underwood-home-sweet-home/#comment-55179
Sat, 21 Mar 2009 14:41:18 +0000http://www.countryuniverse.net/?p=8720#comment-55179Since the AI duet was not a topic but this song is on the show I thought I would say that I thought they did very well and complimented eachother. I thought I would put up a quote that that might be igniting for some.

Brad Paisley talks about Carrie to Ryan Seacrest after his performance;

Brad Paisley performed his new country hit “Then”. He told Ryan, Carrie Underwood has been the greatest addition to country music in the past ten years.

]]>By: ARWhttp://www.countryuniverse.net/2009/03/15/carrie-underwood-home-sweet-home/#comment-54204
Tue, 17 Mar 2009 05:45:57 +0000http://www.countryuniverse.net/?p=8720#comment-54204Matt and vp,
I didn’t write that I agreed with the criticsms (I almost certainly do not!) But the critics are out there and I was just listing their most frequent meme’s.
]]>By: TejasNinahttp://www.countryuniverse.net/2009/03/15/carrie-underwood-home-sweet-home/#comment-54164
Tue, 17 Mar 2009 01:07:47 +0000http://www.countryuniverse.net/?p=8720#comment-54164“Going through the ‘Idol’ grinder is a different kind of dues-paying. Few developing artists have to prove their mettle by being suddenly thrust in front of millions of TV viewers to be ruthlessly judged.”
that’s one thing,and it does take guts, but doing it is also a guarantee of fame at the very least. Its been proved that some contestants on AI are only looking for their 15 minutes and are not interested in good music at all. Its but I think a better point would be that AFTER all that, the ones with talent and marketability practically don’t have to do a thing to make it in music. they then become part of the mega-publicized, over-managed Sony family and have a great career. I think people who are looking for “due paying” really want to know if an artist can or can’t make it on their own. I would also say that all developing artists are thrust before ruthlessly judging people, and just because the people are less in number and its not on TV doesn’t make it any easier. It would actually make it harder; less people means having to do it more.

I think if Carrie’s Duel Disk idea is going to work, she’ll need to rough it up a bit. I go for the rock singers over the vocalists and in order to make the covers work i think she’d have to be somewhere in between. Even Ann Wilson has some edge.